CHL to award 'Top Prospects' game to Windsor

The Windsor Star's Bob Duff reports that the Canadian Hockey League's premier event for players entering their draft year, the "Top Prospects Game," will be hosted by the Windsor Spitfires this season:

October 12, Windsor Star: The up-and-coming stars of the Canadian Hockey League will all illuminate the WFCU Centre ice surface.

The
CHL and the Spitfires have scheduled a news conference for Wednesday at
3:30 p.m., at which point it will be announced that the 2010 CHL Top
Prospects Game is coming to Windsor, probably sometime in mid-January.

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The Top Prospects Game, which first debuted in 1992 at SaskPlace in
Saskatoon, pits 40 of the top National Hockey League entry
draft-eligible CHL players in a head-to-head showdown, with skills
testing on the first night, followed by a game the next night.

In
10 of the previous 18 games, NHL legends Don Cherry and Bobby Orr have
coached the opposing teams. All 16 CHL players selected in the first
round of last year’s NHL entry draft played in the 2009 Top Prospects
Game at Oshawa’s GM Centre, including Windsor defenceman Ryan Ellis.

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Unlike most all-star affairs, this game is as intense as a regular-season contest. With
all 30 of the NHL general managers in attendance, as well as virtually
every amateur scout, the players know their mettle is being tested and
they seek to deliver the goods.

Last year, Team Orr downed Team
Cherry 6-1 in a game remembered for the devastating check delivered by
LaSalle’s Zack Kassian to John Tavares, the top pick in the 2009 draft,
who suffered a shoulder injury on the play.

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This won’t just be about the best in the OHL. Local fans will also get
an up-close look at the top draft-eligible talent from the Quebec Major
Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League, players like Prince
George Cougars left-winger Brett Connolly and Val d'Or Foreurs
left-winger Cedrick Henley.